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Daily il® Troian
Volume LXVII, No. 50
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Tuesday, December 3, 1974
LAS takes initial step for collective bargaining
BY MIKE MEYER
Staff Writer
A representative of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) said Monday that the College of Letters. Arts and Sciences has taken the first step toward the establishment of academic collective bargaining.
The representative, Richard H. Peairs. western regional director of the AAUP. said the fact that a meeting of LAS faculty members was held demonstrates potential support for collective bargaining.
Peairs was one of five people representing three bargaining agents, who spoke to about 60 faculty members in Administration Building 206.
The tw'o other bargaining agents represented at the meeting were the California
Teachers Association, which is affiliated with the National Education Association, and the United Professors of California, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers.
Peairs said the LAS faculty members have shown interest by their distribution of designation forms, which give members the opportunity to either endorse or reject the academic collective bargaining plan.
He said collective bargaining can be established for any group of people on campus that wants to have it, and it can be instituted even if a minority of members are in favor of it.
The reasoning behind this, he explained, is that only 30% ofthe faculty have to respond favorably on the designation forms for a National Labor Relations Board election to be held.
Row may be closed to traffic for security plan
BY LARRY TUCK
Staff Writer
The administration is working to revive seven-year-old plans to close the Row to through traffic.
Alternatives that have been suggested range from limiting access to only residents and guests, which is similar to the arrangement now used for streets on campus, to making28th Street a mall like the one on University Avenue between campus and the Row.
Greg Lagana. fraternity affairs advisor, said that the primary reason for closing the Rowr would be to improve security.
“We’d just like to make it so a guy couldn’t drive in. load up his truck, and then just drive off.” he said.
Closing the Row has been suggested by John Lechner, director of Campus Security and Parking Opyations, as part of a plan to improve security on and near campus.
Such proposals were made as far back as 1967. Lechner said, but were never acted on. Recent security problems have increased interest in the idea.
Closing off a city street requires the consent of all property owners on that street. In this case, all the lots on 28th between Figueroa Street and Hoover Boulevard are owned by the university or related groups
The university owns 13 ofthe houses on the Row. Lagana said. The others are owned by fraternity and sorority support groups.
Lechner said that with the re-
Ralph Nader to speak on Wednesday
Ralph Nader was forced to postpone his appearance Monday at Bovard Auditorium because his flight to Los Angeles from Dulles Airport in Washington DC. was grounded due to a heavy snowfall.
The consumer advocate is now scheduled to appear Wednesday at 2 p.m at Bovard Auditorium.
cent crime problems in the neighborhood, the necessary approval should be easy to get.
If the Rowr is closed, it might eventually be closed to all traffic and the street made into a pedestrian mall like the one on University Avenue.
However, the cost of constructing such a mall would have to be paid by property owners along the street. Most ofthe privately-owned houses do not have large budget surpluses to spend on such projects, Lechner said.
Lagana also noted that if a mall were constructed, additional parking w'ould have to be provided, increasing the expense even further.
Lagana said that the fraternities and sororities are banding together to form a homeowner’s association which will work for their common interest in this and other projects, particularly those involving security.
The NLRB election would officially determine whether the faculty would have collective bargaining, and he said it makes no difference howr many faculty vote in the election. If a majority vote in favor, collective bargaining will be established.
Peairs said the election usually takes place approximately 30 days after the minimum number ofdesignation forms are returned.
The NLRB then would announce whether the issue passed and w'hich organization, if any, is the bargaining agent.
Peairs said if collective bargaining passes, the administration wrould no longer be allow ed to act unilaterally on any issues that the faculty have the legal right to participate in.
The bargaining agent is also allowed to gain information that had been previously unavailable from the administration, in order to exert its legal power in the university’s decision-making process.
He said the bargaining agent’s final responsibility is to see that the terms of the contract are fairly administered.
Scott Fitz-Randolf, a staff member of the California Teachers Association, said the faculty must question whether it is a part of the general decision-making process.
He said it often turns out that the faculty is allowed to be part of the process only when it agrees with the administration.
“Collective bargaining is a move into a power relationship, and the faculty have the power to destroy the family relationship that exists here among the students, administration and faculty.” Fitz-Randolf said.
(Continued on page 2)
RICHARD H. PEAIRS
Election code OK’d by Student Caucus
The Student Caucus approved a code Nov. 26 for the election of
12 undergraduate representatives to be held next week. It also recommended that fees be collected on a voluntary basis next semester and allocated by a caucus-appointed board.
If the President’s Advisory Council approves the code Wednesday. the election of 12 representatives from the College of Letters. Arts and Sciences will be held Dec. 10 and 11 by oncampus balloting.
All 47 students on last spring’s ballots are eligible to run again if they are at USC and have not changed consituencies—commuters. residence halls and the Row.
INCREASES, EQUALIZA TION
Salary issues concern faculty
(Today Focus begins a series on concerns of the faculty in light of the ongoing discussions regarding faculty pay and unionization.)
BY MARJIE LAMBERT
Assistant Editor
With the sharp increase in the cost of living, the number one concern of the faculty is compensation. This concern is reflected in recent faculty interest in collective bargaining.
Faculty members are not concerned solely about the size of the increase in the compensation pool, but also whether it will be allocated on a merit or a cost-of-living basis, or both.
They are also concerned about salary inequities, setting minimum salary levels by rank, and administrative secrecy about individual salaries.
Although the President’s Advisory Council has recommended an increase in the faculty and staff compen-
sation pool near or equal to the cost of living (up to 13%), indications are that few professors will get a 13% increase.
Action pending
The recommendation is being studied by the Finance and Budget Committee ofthe Board ofTrustees. The board will probably make a decision on the size ofthe pool by its February meeting.
Efforts have also been made to get rid of inequities in pay, but many faculty question whether enough has been done.
However, on the recommendation of the Faculty Senate, salary bases for associate and full professors were set, and other efforts to equalize salaries were made.
“A conscientious attempt
was made by a large group of faculty members to look for them and correct them. I suppose there still are some; I don’t know,” said Donald J. Lewis, dean of the Division of Social Sciences and Communication.
He said that they had looked at all faculty members whose salaries fell below the new minimum standards as part ofthe Affirmative Action Program.
He added, however, that the committee had not examined any large gaps in salaries above the mini-mums.
The main effort of the Affirmative Action program was equalization of women’s salaries, but some faculty members question w'hether the equalization was equitable.
“Women’s salaries were upped, whether they deserved it or not.” said Gerald LaRue. professor of religion.
(Continued on page 3)
The 12 students elected last spring were seated on an interim basis because only 17% of the students voted. A one-third voter response was necessary.
The voter requirements have since been revised, and a bylaw' change is to be voted on by the council this Wednesday and would abolish all minimum requirements if passed.
A second bylaw amendment to be voted on by the council would strike the requirement that voting be held by mail. If passed, this change would allow student elections to be held on campus.
Some caucus members opposed this bylaw change because on-campus voting has historically resulted in lower voter response than mail ballots. However, if the election were to be held by mail, it is doubtful that the 12 representatives could be elected before the end of the semester.
The code was also amended to include a provision that there must be three elections commissioners. The Executive Committee of the council appointed three student commissioners but Keith Keener, one of the three, resigned because of personality conflicts with the caucus chairman, Connie Seinfeld.
Seinfeld has appointed Robert L. Robinson to replace Keener. However, some people have questioned her nomination of commissioners. Robinson and Ed De Leonardis, another commissioner, are in one of her math classes. Brian Holman, the third, is a former student of Seinfeld’s.
All interim representatives and eligible runners-up who wish to run must sign a statement validating their eligibility and desire to run by 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Student Activities Office, Student Union 303.
Mandatory meetings for candidates will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. and Thursday at noon. Candidates or their proxies
(Continued on page 6)

Daily il® Troian
Volume LXVII, No. 50
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Tuesday, December 3, 1974
LAS takes initial step for collective bargaining
BY MIKE MEYER
Staff Writer
A representative of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) said Monday that the College of Letters. Arts and Sciences has taken the first step toward the establishment of academic collective bargaining.
The representative, Richard H. Peairs. western regional director of the AAUP. said the fact that a meeting of LAS faculty members was held demonstrates potential support for collective bargaining.
Peairs was one of five people representing three bargaining agents, who spoke to about 60 faculty members in Administration Building 206.
The tw'o other bargaining agents represented at the meeting were the California
Teachers Association, which is affiliated with the National Education Association, and the United Professors of California, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers.
Peairs said the LAS faculty members have shown interest by their distribution of designation forms, which give members the opportunity to either endorse or reject the academic collective bargaining plan.
He said collective bargaining can be established for any group of people on campus that wants to have it, and it can be instituted even if a minority of members are in favor of it.
The reasoning behind this, he explained, is that only 30% ofthe faculty have to respond favorably on the designation forms for a National Labor Relations Board election to be held.
Row may be closed to traffic for security plan
BY LARRY TUCK
Staff Writer
The administration is working to revive seven-year-old plans to close the Row to through traffic.
Alternatives that have been suggested range from limiting access to only residents and guests, which is similar to the arrangement now used for streets on campus, to making28th Street a mall like the one on University Avenue between campus and the Row.
Greg Lagana. fraternity affairs advisor, said that the primary reason for closing the Rowr would be to improve security.
“We’d just like to make it so a guy couldn’t drive in. load up his truck, and then just drive off.” he said.
Closing the Row has been suggested by John Lechner, director of Campus Security and Parking Opyations, as part of a plan to improve security on and near campus.
Such proposals were made as far back as 1967. Lechner said, but were never acted on. Recent security problems have increased interest in the idea.
Closing off a city street requires the consent of all property owners on that street. In this case, all the lots on 28th between Figueroa Street and Hoover Boulevard are owned by the university or related groups
The university owns 13 ofthe houses on the Row. Lagana said. The others are owned by fraternity and sorority support groups.
Lechner said that with the re-
Ralph Nader to speak on Wednesday
Ralph Nader was forced to postpone his appearance Monday at Bovard Auditorium because his flight to Los Angeles from Dulles Airport in Washington DC. was grounded due to a heavy snowfall.
The consumer advocate is now scheduled to appear Wednesday at 2 p.m at Bovard Auditorium.
cent crime problems in the neighborhood, the necessary approval should be easy to get.
If the Rowr is closed, it might eventually be closed to all traffic and the street made into a pedestrian mall like the one on University Avenue.
However, the cost of constructing such a mall would have to be paid by property owners along the street. Most ofthe privately-owned houses do not have large budget surpluses to spend on such projects, Lechner said.
Lagana also noted that if a mall were constructed, additional parking w'ould have to be provided, increasing the expense even further.
Lagana said that the fraternities and sororities are banding together to form a homeowner’s association which will work for their common interest in this and other projects, particularly those involving security.
The NLRB election would officially determine whether the faculty would have collective bargaining, and he said it makes no difference howr many faculty vote in the election. If a majority vote in favor, collective bargaining will be established.
Peairs said the election usually takes place approximately 30 days after the minimum number ofdesignation forms are returned.
The NLRB then would announce whether the issue passed and w'hich organization, if any, is the bargaining agent.
Peairs said if collective bargaining passes, the administration wrould no longer be allow ed to act unilaterally on any issues that the faculty have the legal right to participate in.
The bargaining agent is also allowed to gain information that had been previously unavailable from the administration, in order to exert its legal power in the university’s decision-making process.
He said the bargaining agent’s final responsibility is to see that the terms of the contract are fairly administered.
Scott Fitz-Randolf, a staff member of the California Teachers Association, said the faculty must question whether it is a part of the general decision-making process.
He said it often turns out that the faculty is allowed to be part of the process only when it agrees with the administration.
“Collective bargaining is a move into a power relationship, and the faculty have the power to destroy the family relationship that exists here among the students, administration and faculty.” Fitz-Randolf said.
(Continued on page 2)
RICHARD H. PEAIRS
Election code OK’d by Student Caucus
The Student Caucus approved a code Nov. 26 for the election of
12 undergraduate representatives to be held next week. It also recommended that fees be collected on a voluntary basis next semester and allocated by a caucus-appointed board.
If the President’s Advisory Council approves the code Wednesday. the election of 12 representatives from the College of Letters. Arts and Sciences will be held Dec. 10 and 11 by oncampus balloting.
All 47 students on last spring’s ballots are eligible to run again if they are at USC and have not changed consituencies—commuters. residence halls and the Row.
INCREASES, EQUALIZA TION
Salary issues concern faculty
(Today Focus begins a series on concerns of the faculty in light of the ongoing discussions regarding faculty pay and unionization.)
BY MARJIE LAMBERT
Assistant Editor
With the sharp increase in the cost of living, the number one concern of the faculty is compensation. This concern is reflected in recent faculty interest in collective bargaining.
Faculty members are not concerned solely about the size of the increase in the compensation pool, but also whether it will be allocated on a merit or a cost-of-living basis, or both.
They are also concerned about salary inequities, setting minimum salary levels by rank, and administrative secrecy about individual salaries.
Although the President’s Advisory Council has recommended an increase in the faculty and staff compen-
sation pool near or equal to the cost of living (up to 13%), indications are that few professors will get a 13% increase.
Action pending
The recommendation is being studied by the Finance and Budget Committee ofthe Board ofTrustees. The board will probably make a decision on the size ofthe pool by its February meeting.
Efforts have also been made to get rid of inequities in pay, but many faculty question whether enough has been done.
However, on the recommendation of the Faculty Senate, salary bases for associate and full professors were set, and other efforts to equalize salaries were made.
“A conscientious attempt
was made by a large group of faculty members to look for them and correct them. I suppose there still are some; I don’t know,” said Donald J. Lewis, dean of the Division of Social Sciences and Communication.
He said that they had looked at all faculty members whose salaries fell below the new minimum standards as part ofthe Affirmative Action Program.
He added, however, that the committee had not examined any large gaps in salaries above the mini-mums.
The main effort of the Affirmative Action program was equalization of women’s salaries, but some faculty members question w'hether the equalization was equitable.
“Women’s salaries were upped, whether they deserved it or not.” said Gerald LaRue. professor of religion.
(Continued on page 3)
The 12 students elected last spring were seated on an interim basis because only 17% of the students voted. A one-third voter response was necessary.
The voter requirements have since been revised, and a bylaw' change is to be voted on by the council this Wednesday and would abolish all minimum requirements if passed.
A second bylaw amendment to be voted on by the council would strike the requirement that voting be held by mail. If passed, this change would allow student elections to be held on campus.
Some caucus members opposed this bylaw change because on-campus voting has historically resulted in lower voter response than mail ballots. However, if the election were to be held by mail, it is doubtful that the 12 representatives could be elected before the end of the semester.
The code was also amended to include a provision that there must be three elections commissioners. The Executive Committee of the council appointed three student commissioners but Keith Keener, one of the three, resigned because of personality conflicts with the caucus chairman, Connie Seinfeld.
Seinfeld has appointed Robert L. Robinson to replace Keener. However, some people have questioned her nomination of commissioners. Robinson and Ed De Leonardis, another commissioner, are in one of her math classes. Brian Holman, the third, is a former student of Seinfeld’s.
All interim representatives and eligible runners-up who wish to run must sign a statement validating their eligibility and desire to run by 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Student Activities Office, Student Union 303.
Mandatory meetings for candidates will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. and Thursday at noon. Candidates or their proxies
(Continued on page 6)